Philippine Dog Show System

[Ironwood_Cebu]

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for info of all dog enthusiasts of Cebu, especially those who are newbies into dog show mechanics like me

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The Classes


Dogs Regular Classes

Class 1 - Minor Puppy (6 to under 9 months of age)
Class 2 - Puppy (9 to under 12 months of age)
Class 3 - Junior (12 to under 18 months of age)
Class 4 - Intermediate (18 to under 24 months of age)
Class 5 - Open (6 months and above)

Bitches Regular Classes

Class 6 - Minor Puppy (6 to under 9 months of age)
Class 7 - Puppy (9 to under 12 months of age)
Class 8 - Junior (12 to under 18 months of age)
Class 9 - Intermediate (18 to under 24 months of age)
Class 10 - Open (6 months and above)

Specials (Intersex Dogs Vs Bitches)

Class 11 - Specials (Only Philippine Champions and Philippine Grand Champs)

Dogs/Bitches Non Regular Class

Class 12 - Baby Puppy (3 to under 6 months of age)

The Dog Show Sequence


Dog Shows, usually follow a standard sequence and in the case of shows held in the Philippines for All Breeds, below is how it usually goes.

For a Back to Back show (2 Day Show)

For Ring 1 Saturday AM, the Terrier Group goes first followed by Dachshunds Group, the Sighthounds Group, Pointing Dogs Group, and Retrievers-Flushing Dogs-Water Dogs Group. Then in the afternoon the show starts with the Companion and Toy Group, followed by the Scent Hound and Related Breeds Group.

For Ring 2 Saturday AM, the Retrievers-Flushing Dogs-Water Dogs Group goes first followed by Sighthounds Group, Pointing Dogs Group, Terrier Group and the Dachshunds Group. The afternoon starts with the Scent Hound and Related Breeds Group then the Companion and Toy Group.

For Ring 1 Sunday AM, the Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs starts the show followed by the Spitz and Primitive Type. In the Afternoon, the Pinscher and Schnauzer Group and lastly the Best In Show Competition

For Ring 2 Sunday AM, the Spitz and Primitive Types starts followed by the Sheepdogs and Cattle Dogs and in the PM, the Pinscher and Schnauzer Group followed by the BIS Competition.


The Competition Sequence



Breed Level

1. 1st Place Winners (Dog) Compete for Winners Dog and Reserve
2. 1st Place Winners (Bitches) Compete for Winners Bitch and Reserve
3. Winners Dog and Bitch compete for Best of Winners
4. Best of Winners compete with Specials for Best of Breed, Runner Up BOB and BOS.
5. Best in Philippine Bred in Breed Competition
6. Lastly the Best Baby Puppy in Breed

Group Level
1. All BOB winners go in the Ring
2. BIG is awarded, followed by BIG 2, BIG 3 and BIG 4

When a Dog/Bitch gets a group placement, the Runner Up of the Dog/Bitch will enter the ring to compete with the other dogs/bitches



How the Show Works


You will enter your dog/bitch in its class and in its class it would compete against other dogs, there are 2 places in the class, the 1st placer and 2nd placer, All the first placers of all the classes from Class 1 - 5 will compete for the Winners Dog Award and Reserve Winners Dog then all the 1st Placers from Class 6-10 will compete for the Winners Bitch Award and the Reserve Winners Bitch award.

After the Winners Dog and Winners Bitch have been chosen, they will both compete for the Award of Best of Winners. Whoever wins the Best of Winners Award will go on to compete with the Specials for the award of Best of Breed, Runner Up Best of Breed and Best of Opposite *** in Breed

The Best of Breed winner will then compete in the Group (there are ten groups under the FCI) and will get the chance to win BIG4,BIG3,BIG2 or BIG. If by chance your dog/bitch (The BOB Dog/Bitch) places in the group, the Runner Up Best of Breed will go in the Ring to compete for the rest of the BIG Awards.

The BIG of the group would then compete for the most coveted award of all the Best In Show and the Runner Up Best In Show...

The Ribbons and Trophies


If your dog wins in its class, even just 2nd Place you will already get a Ribbon. There is a Color Coding scheme for Ribbons and the PCCI Usually use these colors.

Red - For 2nd Place in the Class
Blue - For the 1st Place in the Class
Purple and White - For the Reserve Winners Dog and Bitch
Purple - For the Winners Dog or Winners Bitch
Blue and White - Best Of Winners
Red and White - Best of Opposite ***
White - Runner Up Best of Breed
Green - Best Philippine Bred in Breed
Light Blue - Runner Up Best Philippine Bred
Neon Pink - Best Baby Puppy in Breed

Trophy - Best of Breed, Best In Show,Runner Up Best in Show, Best Baby Puppy in Show, Best Philippine Bred in Show

Big Big Ribbons - Best in Group, Best In Group 2, Best In Group 3 and Best in Group 4.

Not All Shows Give out the same, some dont give out Trophies for BOB.. it all depends on the Show. Above is for PCCI Shows.

The Titles at Stake


Philippine Champion - You need to get 15 points, of those 15 points, there must be 2 major wins (a major win is a win of 3 - 5 points) earned under 3 different judges. A Philippine Champion is given a certificate stating that the Dog/Bitch is a Champion.

Philippine Grand Champion - You need to get 25 points after the Philippine Championship and 3 Majors are needed. A Grand Champion will get a BIG BIG Trophy, with its name and owners name engraved in it plus a list of shows the dog entered to get the Title is given. The Trophy is usually awarded during the last PCCI Show in December.

Hall of Fame Award - 100 Points are needed after the Championship and also 4 Group placements is required.

Asian Champion - Title awarded during an Asian Kennel Union Show, Your dog/bitch must be rated excellent and must place either BIG, BIG2 and BIG3 to be awarded the Title, The BIG4 even if rated excellent will not be awarded the title.

International Champion - Title awarded by the FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale which is based in Belgium). You need 4 CACIBS (Certificat d'Aptitude au Championnat International de BeautŽ ), in order to get a CACIB, your dog must be given a rating of excellent by the FCI Judge. These FCI shows are usually held in December here in the Philippines. The 4 CACIBS must be earned in 3 different countries,under 3 different judges, in shows organized by the FCI.

A dog can have the first CACIB at 15 months old, and the last one must be earned 12 months later than the first. So the minimum age for a dog to become International Champion is 27 months.

This is a very expensive undertaking (especially if you own a big breed) since you will have to travel to other countries for the 3 more CACIBS needed. Even if you have 4 CACIBS, all earned in the Philippines, that does not qualify for the International Champion Title.

Top Dog Award - Given to the Dog/bitch the most number of points accumulated in a year.

Top Philippine Bred Award - Given to the dog/bitch, local born, who gets the most number of points for Philippine Bred.

Breeder of the year Award - An award not for a Dog but for the Breeders. Even if you dont own the dog but as long as you are the breeder you get points towards this award. For every dog/bitch you bred that becomes a Champion you get 10 points, for every dog/bitch that becomes a grand champion you get 20 points.

The Computation of Points


After your dog/bitch has competed it is now time for you to do your mathematics. A dog/bitch will only start getting points when it wins Winners Dog or Winners Bitch, a Class win has no points at all.

Points are based from a table and the PCCI uses 5 different categories (categories A-E) to compute the points. The PCCI uses different point systems for different areas and the breeds are also categorized differently.

Metro Manila and Cavite

Category A - Labrador Retriever
Category B - German Shepherd Dog
Category C - Boxer and Rottweiler
Category D - Am Cocker (ASCOB) and Mini Pin
Category E - All other breeds recognized by the PCCI

Luzon (Except Metro Manila and Cavite)
Category A -
Category B -
Category C - Labrador Retriever and Pomeranian
Category D - Am Cocker (ASCOB), Boxer, Rottweiler and Shih-Tzu
Category E - All other breeds recognized by the PCCI

Visayas and Mindanao
Category A -
Category B -
Category C -
Category D - Boxer and Rottweiler
Category E - All other breeds recognized by the PCCI

Table of Points
Total Entries per *** in Regular Class

Points CAT A CAT B CAT C CAT D CAT E
(Majors = Points 5-3)
5 there must be 16-up 13-up 10-up 7-up 6
4 there must be 13-15 10-12 8-9 6 5
3 there must be 9-12 8-9 6-7 5 4
(Minors = Points 2-1)
2 there must be 6-8 5-7 4-5 3-4 3
1 there must be 3-5 3-4 2-3 2 2

How to Compute Points for:

Winners Dog-Count all the Regular Class Dogs Entered in a Breed. Example, 5 Regular Class Chihuahua Dogs (Category E) will be equal to 4 Points.

Winners Bitch-Count all the Regular Class Bitches Entered in a Breed. Examaple, 3 Regular Class Pomeranian Bitches (Category E, Except in Luzon Category C) will be equal to 2 Points (In Luzon 1 Point)

Best Of Winners-The Best of Winners will always get the same number of points of the dog/bitch he/she beats.If the Winners Dog has 1 Point, Winners Bitch has 4 Points. Winners Dog wins over the Winners Bitch, Winners Dog will get 4 Points, Winners Bitch get to keep her 4 points. If Winners Bitch wins BOW, her points will remain the same at 4 since her points are already bigger then the WD's, WD's points remain at 1.

Best of Breed-Example, there is 1 Regular Class Male and 3 Regular Class Bitches plus 3 Champion Dog and 4 Champion Bitches. BOW goes to Regular Bitch, to count for Points.. add the number of Bitches (3) + 3 Champ Dogs + 4 Champ Bitches = 10, look at the table and see what will be the point equivalent for 10 Entries.


Another Example:

I'll use the Great Danes categorized under E (to use as an example in computing points).

You would need to note how many dogs were entered. For the Dogs, count all the dogs entered and for the Bitches count all the bitches entered. Do not count absent and disqualified.

Let us say you own a Great Dane Dog and there were 5 dogs entered, your dog wins Winners Dog, he will get 4 points. For the bitch meanwhile there is only 1 entry, the bitch will get 0 points.

Next is the Best of Winners Award competition, your Dog is awarded Best Of Winners, his points will remain the same at 4 and the Winners Bitches points remain at 0, but if the Winners Bitch wins Best of Winners she will get the same number of points as the dog so in this case the bitch will get 4 points while the dog will get to keep his 4 points.

And now on to Best of Breed, if your dog or the bitch get lucky and win Best of Breed over the specials, the BOW will get additional points... and the Specials get no points if they lose. Runner Up BOB does not carry points also, but Best of Opposite *** in Breed does carry points.

Lets now go to the Group, I have a hard time understanding this but thanks to Coh, I can understand this better. I'll update this portion from time to time to make things clearer

I am going to Use Coh's Example

Working Group:

Rott BOB = 3 Points
Dobe BOB = 4 Points
Husky BOB = 2 Points
Dane BOB = 5 Points
Saint Bernard BOB = 1 point

Assuming that the ROT gets the BIG, Dobe Gets BIG2, Saint gets BIG3 and Dane gets BIG4, The Rott, Dobe and Saint all get 5 Points since they beat the Dane which carried a 5 point major.

Other Awards at the Show


Another award I didnt get to mention is the Best Philippine Bred Award, for this award, only Local Born Dogs/Bitches can get this award.... there is also a Best Philippine Born in Group and also the Best Philippine Born in Show.

And again, another award, the Baby Puppy award.... no points are given to this award.. all Baby Puppy winners per breed will get to compete in their respective groups and all group winners will get to compete for the Best Baby Puppy In Show award. Fee for a Baby Puppy entry is very minimal and it is good exposure for the puppy.

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For The Beginner: Tips When Attending Your First Show

Letting a dog get over-heated, as the owner is awaiting to show his dog ringside, is one of the big mistakes the novice exhibitor makes when he is attending a dog show. He is never aware of it until it has been pointed out to him, and then it may be too late. There have been novice exhibitors that stand at the ringside for an hour waiting to go into the ring, and in their efforts to keep the dog clean and dry they won't allow the animal to curl up under a chair or in his own shadow, and before you know it the dog's tongue is hanging out a mile. He is panting and getting very restless, and by the time he goes into the ring, the poor dog "has had it." Notice the old-timers and the professionals in this respect. Unless it is a cool day or at an indoor show, you will never see them standing in the hot sun with a dog about to go into the ring. Just remember that in no breed is the expression of the dog enhanced when he is panting.

Now let's get back to the big day. You are ready to go to your first show. Let us assume you have chosen one fairly close to home and will be starting out early the morning of the show. You will have given the dog a bath either the day before or, with some breeds, a few days before the show. Many exhibitors believe a very recent bath takes the natural oils and sheen out of the coat and makes it appear dull. This is particularly true of black dogs. Of course a white dog will have to be bathed just before a show in order to have him really clean. Remember you may not have the best dog in the show, but you can always have the cleanest! Nothing discourages a judge more in his examination of a dog than to have to touch or smell a dirty dog. Incidentally, if you are showing a flat coated dog, pin a large towel around him after his bath and notice how it helps to lay the coat.

The night before the show you should get together all of the things you are taking with you. While you are still a novice it won't hurt to make out a written list and check it before you leave. If the show is an outdoor one, regardless of weather reports or how the morning looks to you, take along a raincoat and rubbers or boots. The show goes on regardless of the weather. Even though the judging will be under a tent, you will have to go from either the benching tent or your car to the judging tent, and you may have to do it during rain. If your dog is too big to pick up and carry under your raincoat, it would help if you took along something to throw over him on his way to the judging ring.